Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Anna Sui Secret Wish

"Secret Wish is for the child in us that believes in magic and the adult in us that believes in possibilities."

FRAGRANCE CONCEPTWithin the power of fairies to grant, the Secret Wish summons all we hope for, all we dream. Wish wisely, wish well
Secret Wish expresses the designer's own magical optimism -- wishing
will make it so. All things are possible; one has only to ask. Only to
reveal a hidden, innermost wish. And, from somewhere beneath a blue
bell, a new fragrance spirit emerges.

THE DESIGN

Perched
atop a three-sided crystal flacon, a delicate, shimmering fairy sits on
a matte crystal ball. The true guardian of Secret Wish, she tempts a
woman to simply twist the topper, and unleash the magical powers inside.
This is her realm. She is the fairy princess personified. Confident,
magical, feminine, and powerful.

The flacon itself is thrice-faceted, curved and linear at the same time.
Does it suggest three wishes? Who can tell? In some fairytales, it is
within a fairy's powers to grant three. Or maybe just one at a time. . .
every time a woman opens the fragrance. This is all part of the
mystery.

Anna brings us the magic, the legends, the belief of wishes. Translucent
as a fairy's wing, mysterious as a moonlit forest, Secret Wish embodies
the enchanting essence of a fairytale. The instant the scent is
released, a lush, ripe world opens up, filled with a bouquet of juicy
fruits: fresh, sparkling lemon, summery melon, and velvety tagete, a
soft, apricot-scented flower. Like fairies taking flight, it darts,
hither and yon, surprising as it wafts in the air. A burst of joyful
pineapple adds a note of flirtatious charm, as acidulous blackcurrant
offers its mysterious facets. The fragrance deepens into a magical
twilight with warm white cedarwood and sensual amber adding an intense
and alluring character. Finishing with a light touch of musk, like
falling star dust, it leaves an infinitely feminine wake. A fragrance
that is at once as powerful as a charm, and as beguiling as a fairy
kiss, it is a perfect balance of fruity and floral notes. Totally in
command of a woodland realm. In a shade as soft as a fairy mist, the
softest aqua dew, this is truly an elixir of fantasy and emotion.

As seen and described, the bottle has a unique shape and form, and the cap is just too pretty.

A fairy is sitting on top, it was made to fulfill your wish, as in your secret wish.

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On the first impression, I do sniff some lemon, fresh and the citrus is just kicking in. The mild sweetness of melon followed by blackcurrant.

What I love about the perfume is the sync of the aroma from the beginning to the end. It kept on being fresh and romantic but without the overly sweet sensation. It's like a perfume that you could wear in the morning and be happy about.

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It is fresh, fruity, with a touch of luxurious amber and skin musk that doesn't create any weight. So it is pretty much a lightweight, airy, and dreamy kind of perfume. Totally like a fairy.

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Overall, an all good all around perfume that I think will easily liked and loved by anyone who uses it and those surround her. It will be a total pleaser and hardly offend any nose. No sharpness nor heavy laden aroma. Start from the citrus freshness to the tangy pineapple, sweet melon, and blackcurrant, to the mild earthy and a bit exotic cedarwood, to the calmness of amber and skin musk. I do think this is a perfume that you can present as a gift as well, plus the bottle itself is a collectible material.